Talk:Debenhams

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Debenhams was not formerly Debenham and Freebody. It was formerly Marshall and Snelgrove on Oxford Street.

Marshall and Snelgrove / Debenhams is on Oxford Street, and Debenham & Freebody was on Wigmore Street. Marshall & Snelgrove bought Debenham & Freebody at some point - there were tunnels and whatnot between the stores that disappeared when Marshall & Snelgrove / Debenhams was rebuilt in the early 1970s. I think the name was changed roughly the same time.

Debenham & Freebody was much more upmarket that Marshall & Snelgrove/Debenhams and closed getting on for thirty years ago.

[edit] Removal of former locations

The removal of former locations of branches by Mark83 should have been made an area of discussion before action. The wholesale deletion of correct factual information is unacceptable in my opinion. The former locations of stores is relevant not only in terms of the company's history but as part of the local commercial and social history particular to each of the locations to which the article is linked.

AndrewSE19

The section on "Recent financial problems and profit warning" is appalling. It needs to be purged to about a quarter of its current size and completely rewritten. It reads like it has been lifted out of the editorial page in a business magazine. - Konrad

[edit] Complete rewrite

I propose completely re-writing this article in the same style as other FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 articles with a properly referenced history section, a factual and balanced section on operations which does not read like an advert and then a summary of where the stores are by region and by country. The number of tags suggests that this is currently one of the most unsatisfactory articles on Wikipedia. Comments welcome Dormskirk (talk) 21:27, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Now completed Dormskirk (talk) 16:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Company Structure

An Anon IP editor has been making widespread changes throughout Wikipedia along the lines of inserting "Republic of Ireland" and "Northern Ireland" into articles. The type of editting is connected to an ongoing ArbCom process. This article was originally structured to reflect the corporate structure - please discuss changes first. --HighKing (talk) 09:54, 17 April 2009 (UTC)